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Like the sweet heat of a palate-pleasing curry or the brilliant radiance of bougainvillea, the short stories in Mary Anne Mohanraj's Bodies in Motion will delight the senses and sensibilities. Her tales follow two generations of two families living on the cusp of disparate worlds, America and Sri Lanka -- their lives and ties shaped, strengthened, devastated, and altered by the emigrant-immigrant ebb and flow. Through stunning, effervescent prose, intimate moments are beautifully distilled, revealing the tug-of-war between generations and gender in stories sensual and honest, chronicling love, ambition, and the spiritual and sexual quests of mothers and daughters, fathers and sons.
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"A graceful, nimble book." -- Boston Globe
"These stories transcend time and space." -- Time Out New York
"A vivid portrait of families in flux, wandering back and forth over borders both geographic and cultural."--Los Angeles Times
"Mohanraj's writing style is spare and piercing, and she exercises a sophisticated economy of language."--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"Intricately interwoven stories featuring sensual language and surprising sexual twists."--Kirkus Reviews
"Mohanraj offers readers great insights into her characters and has plenty of material to be mined in future works. Recommended."--Library Journal
"A graceful, nimble book."--Boston Globe
"These stories transcend time and space."--Time Out New York
."..Mohanraj evokes a moving portrait of families searching for love and a place to call home."--Publishers Weekly
"Beautifully written...As sensuously fulfilling as the romantic escapades and rich curries in which Mohanraj's characters indulge."--Orlando Sentinel
"These stories transcend time and space." -- Time Out New York
"A vivid portrait of families in flux, wandering back and forth over borders both geographic and cultural."--Los Angeles Times
"Mohanraj's writing style is spare and piercing, and she exercises a sophisticated economy of language."--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"Intricately interwoven stories featuring sensual language and surprising sexual twists."--Kirkus Reviews
"Mohanraj offers readers great insights into her characters and has plenty of material to be mined in future works. Recommended."--Library Journal
"A graceful, nimble book."--Boston Globe
"These stories transcend time and space."--Time Out New York
."..Mohanraj evokes a moving portrait of families searching for love and a place to call home."--Publishers Weekly
"Beautifully written...As sensuously fulfilling as the romantic escapades and rich curries in which Mohanraj's characters indulge."--Orlando Sentinel
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